Fakel are chasing the top table positions while Tekstilshchik are more nervous about staying out of trouble and relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?
- Fakel have not yet lost a game at home.
- Tekstilshchik have yet to win a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fakel and Tekstilshchik.
It should be mentioned that Tekstilshchik play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Tekstilshchik on grass are 6 victories, 7 draws and 21 defeats from 34 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 25-48. You can compare this with overall results below.
Fakel form and stats
6-2-0 is the performance here so far in the FNL, giving Fakel a total of 20 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results! Hopes of three in a row are alive for Fakel after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The fans are hoping that Fakel will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the FNL game against Alaniya Vladikavkaz (placed 5th).
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Spartak Moskva II.The Fakel fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Fakel have only let in 4 goals at home.
Tekstilshchik form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tekstilshchik so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-3 (win-draw-lose).
The supporters enjoyed Tekstilshchik's previous game versus Baltika (placed 12th), a FNL 3-2 win played at home. L. N'Diaye came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Baltika last time out, making the manager S. Pavlov feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when L. N'Diaye scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Baltika.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Metallurg Lipetsk.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Tekstilshchik we find three games. Results are zero Tekstilshchik wins, one draw and two defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Tekstilshchik's away league games. Only 1 goal from 7 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Tekstilshchik in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding three meetings): Fakel won two games, one match ended with a draw and Tekstilshchik have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / twoTop Goalscorers
  M. Maksimov 6 goals | R. Akbashev 4 goals |  G. Gogrichiani 4 goals |
Fakel missing players
Tekstilshchik missing players
| Fakel | Tekstilshchik | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 23 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 57% | 79% |
| 64% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 29% | 57% |
| 50% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 14% | 43% |
| 29% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 21% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 29% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 36% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 21% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 86% | 57% |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.7 | 5.5 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.1 | 11.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.5 | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 38% | 39% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 6% | 29% |
- Fakel have not yet lost a game at home.
- Fakel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Fakel have scored more than double the goals of Tekstilshchik.
- Tekstilshchik have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tekstilshchik have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Orenburg | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moskva | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Fakel | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SKA Khabarovsk | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 26 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva II | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Neftekhimik | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 8 | Veles | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Rotor Volgograd | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | KAMAZ | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 19 |
| 11 | Krasnodar II | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Baltika | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Tom' Tomsk | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Akron | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | Dolgie Prudy | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 | Yenisey | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Tekstilshchik | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 13 |
| 18 | Volgar Astrakhan | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| 19 | Urozhay | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 8 |
| 20 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 25 | -26 | 8 |